Aquatic toy



D60. 23, 1947. J, wRlGHT 2,433,184

AQUATIC TOY Filed July 22, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet l Dec. 23, 1947. J, wRlGHT 2,433,184 A UATIE To Filed July 22, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig.5

- In Yen for 7% JOIIB H Wrzgfii Patented Dec. 23, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AQUATIC TOY John H. Wright, Philadelphia, Pa. Application July 22, 1946, Serial No. 685,462

2 Claims.

My invention relates to a toy adapted, when placed in water, to separate into parts, said toy also adapted to be reassembled for repeated use.

It is among the objects of this invention to provide a toy for the education and amusement of a child; to supply a toy formed of parts which, by action of water, will separate for the surprise, delight, and entertainment of a child; to create such a toy constructed of material that will withstand actual breakage and which can be reassembled for repeated use; to provide a toy which will teach and demonstrate story and action to a child; to create a toy that will satisfy the instincts of a child and instruct rehabilitation and reconstruction.

My invention also contemplates such other objects, advantages and capabilities as will later more fully appear and which are inherently possessed by my invention.

While I have shown in the accompanying drawings a preferred form of my invention, yet I wish it understood that the same is susceptible of modification and change without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a top view of my toy; Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on line AA of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an exploded view of the same.

The embodiment selected to illustrate my invention comprises an open top tub ill, having a bottom II, and curved side wall l2. In opening l3 in bottom H is a short tube 14 which extends upwardly therefrom. On side wall 12 appears the nursery rhymeR.ub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub, and who do you think they'be. The butcher, the baker, the candle-stick maker, turn them out knaves all three.

Three figures, I5, l6, and H, made of lightweight, fioatable material, are provided. Each of said figures has a head l8, a body portion is, with a rounded back 20, fiat diagonal portions 2| and 22 at opposite sides, a bottom portion 23, and an abbreviated base 24, substantially smaller in extent than said bottom portion 23.

Said figures l5, I6, and I! represent the butcher, the baker, and the candle-stick maker, and are loosely positioned within tub ID, with their bases 24 resting on bottom H of tub l0, their rounded backs 20 against curved side wall l2 of tub l0, and the fiat diagonal portions 2! and 22 of each figure against the corresponding fiat diagonal portions of adjacent figures.

A stick 25 has its lower end 26 removably fitted within tube M to normally close opening I3 in the bottom of tub II].

In use, the child places the toy with the parts positioned as above described, in a basin or pool of water. The combined weight of the tub and figures is such that when the combination is floated in water, the surface of the surrounding water is abov the level of the top of tube i l. The child grasps the stick 25 and imparts a slight rocking motion to the tub It and removes the stick from tube It. This opens hole It and permits Water to pour into the tub Ill. The water moving under bottom portions 23 of figures l5, l6, and Il, which are lighter than water, lifts them and turns all three of them out of the tub, into the water.

The action of the toy thus enacts the nursery rhyme for the childs amusement and instruction. The parts are not damaged by the Water and may be dried off and used repeatedly as hereinbefore set forth.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A toy comprising a tub having a bottom, a curved side wall, and an open top, said bottom having an opening therethrough, an upstanding tube positioned in said opening, said tub bearing a nursery rhyme, a trio of figures, each of said figures made of floatable material, lighter than water, and having a head, a body portion with rounded back, diagonally extending flat portions, on opposite sides, a bottom, and a short base of substantially smaller size than said bottom, said figures being positioned in said tub with their rounded backs against said curved side wall of said tub, their bases on the bottom of said tub, and their diagonally extending fiat portions in engagement with similar adjacent portions, and a stick removably positioned in said tube, said tub when positioned in water and said stick removed from said tube, adapted to receive water through said opening, whereby said fig-- ures are lifted and turned out of said tub, to enact said nursery rhyme.

2. A toy comprising a tub having an open top, and a bottom with a hole therethrough, a removable closure for said hole, a plurality of floatable figures lighter than water loosely positioned upright in said tub, said upright figures each having a body portion and integrally therebelow a base portion resting on the bottom of said tub, the base portions of said upright figures being smaller in size than the body portions thereby leaving space under the body portions, said tub when positioned in water and said closure removed, adapted to receive water through said hole so that when the buoyant efiect of the water exceeds the weight of the upright figures the water lifts the upright figures, and turns them out of said tub.

JOHN H. WRIGHT. 

